This time last year I sat on the Brisbane air train and created a listof crafting projects for 2013. I reviewed my list back in June. At that point I had only completed thirteen
of them.
Five of them were in
progress in June.
I now have three in progress
6. Patchwork quilt – I’m embarrassed to admit that
this one is still in exactly the same position as it was in June; waiting for
me to do the quilting bit.
45. Pale Green laptop bag - started, but sort of ground
to a halt and hasn’t moved since.
23. Olive Green Short sleeved Jacket – I rebranded this
as a long sleeved jacket using vogue YYYY, but it still in progress as I’ve
sort of fallen out of love with the pattern now I see it in real life!
...and some I had second
thoughts about in June and have now been officially abandoned;
47. ‘Purple seahorse appliquéd cushion for my bedroom –
officially abandoned
49. Pink and silver blouse - officially abandoned
While others have been “Re-branded”-
44. Chambray short/culottes –re-branded as print short/cullottesand completed using the Tania Pattern
Out of the 27 projects that were still
waiting to be done, I have managed to cross a few of them off:
but have not yet blogged about some of them:
36. Blue and white striped shirt (for undetermined male) – Completed
for me
24. Olive green tailored skirt – Completed, but too
boring to blog about
29. Black Merino T shirt – used a burda pattern, then
discovered that the fabric is a little too see through on it’s own, so made a
simple singlet in the same fabric to wear underneath. Not yet worn, so not
photographed, so not blogged
32. Brown Tencel Shirt – Completed, but not
photographed, so not yet blogged
19. Red Silk Shirt – done it and hate it, no idea
why. Will photograph it and blog soon
40. White flowered sleeveless blouse – completed but
not blogged
41. Bottle Green Tailored Pants - completed but not
blogged, and even made a jacket to match!
42. White slashed shoulder blouse – decided that
slashed shoulders are a little passé so it was completed as a plain white shirt
as part of a shirt sewing spree before Christmas. Details to come soon.
Others I have had second thoughts about;
5. Pink and brown tweed skirt – not sure about this –
I suspect that it may end up looking a bit like project 17 – currently under
review
39. Graduated dyed dress (originally white) - lost
enthusiasm for this one
46. Quilted dust cover for my overlocker – started but
then got a cupboard for my overlocker and so it doesn’t need a dust cover.
28. Black Merino Cardigan – ran out of fabric after
project 29
After all this there are still fourteen of
the original fifty-two still in the queue:
37. Black and Blue striped dress – Vogue XXXX.
50. White Flowered jeans –
and I’m getting quite excited about them , and have got McCalls XXXX sorted as
far as fit goes, so they may get cut out in the next few days.
35. Red white and blue striped shirt – nearly made it
to the sewing table when I had a shirt making spree just before Christmas.
12. Bucket bag to fit into my bike basket
7. Tote bag for pattern making classes
23. Olive Green Short sleeved Jacket – I rebranded this
as a long sleeved jacket using vogue YYYY, but it still in progress as I’ve
sort of fallen out of love with the pattern now I see it in real life!
27. Blue Lacy cardi/wrap
31. Green and cream silk skirt
14. White Leather Hat – not even thought about, but
I’ve still got the leather with no other plans, so I guess it’s still in the
queue
18. Short sleeved black and white checked jacket –
still in the queue, and should probably be near the top right now, as I’m sure
I’m bound to get a job in the new year, and will need lighter weight suits. I don’t have a specific pattern in mind, so
maybe it will be my first self-drafted jacket
30. Green Peplum Dress –Abandoned as a peplum dress,
but still on the cards as a sleeved work version of vogue 8648
43. Teal Crinkle dress.
34. Blue, black and white dress
52. Grape coloured Jeans – still not done, although I’m happy with the pattern now |
Despite having fourteen incomplete projects I have
sewn some projects that were not on the original list:
I went a little wild in Frocktober and made a total
of four adult dresses, three for me…
And one for my daughter
I have made a green jacket to go with the trousers
that were project 41 – post to follow as soon as I have photos
I made a pink tweed skirt based on my skirt block
and matching jacket from Burda – again, I’ll blog that when I have photos, but
it’s a really warm fabric and it may be a while before I can bring myself to
wear it.
I made a blue wool skirt with a matching pale grey
blouse – post to come.
I made oven gloves for my gift stash,
Sewed a Christmas tree!
And made two little girls very happy new dresses
from my stash.
Against all better judgement I made myself a
jumpsuit – and I love wearing it.
I made a black and pink jacket for the Burda
Sew-a-long
Made a cape for the Monthly Stitch first challenge
and re-made a skirt to go with it.
And a gecko T shirt to go with Project 16.
I sewed cushions for my balcony chairs
I sewed myself a chess board and sewed a flag for a
boat I had care of for the first half of the year.
So although I didn’t complete the original 52
projects, I still managed to complete 29 of them, plus three in progress and 22 unplanned projects, averaging only slightly under one project a week!
Did you sew everything you planned to last year?
:O Whoa! You sewed a lot. Keep up the good work :)
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